| Artist: |
Title: |
Label: |
| James Blake (U.K. electronic musician-singer) |
“Overgrown” (producers: Blake, Brian Eno; first single: “Retrograde”; Hear here; Read here; See here) |
(Republic) |
| Bored Nothing |
“Bored Nothing” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Cooperative Music) |
| Breakbot (French producer/DJ and multi-instrumentalist) |
“By Your Side” (guests: Irfane, Ruckazoid, Bjorn Synneby; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Ed Banger / Because / Sire) |
| Broadheds (L.A. art-punk band) |
“Broadheds” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Dangerbird) |
| Jaimeo Brown (jazz drummer) |
“Transcendence” (producer: Chris Sholar; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Motema Music) |
| Jake Bugg (Nottingham singer-songwriter) |
“Jake Bugg” (released in the U.K. in October 2012; producers: Iain Archer, Mike Crossey, Matt Prime, Crispin Hunt, Jason Hart; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Mercury) |
| Cheech & Chong |
“Cheech & Chong’s Animated Movie! Musical Soundtrack Album [MP3]” (movie directed by Branden Chambers and Eric D. Chambers comes out on DVD/Blu-ray on April 23; See here; Blu-ray; DVD) |
(Ode Sounds & Visuals) |
| Eric Church |
“Caught in the Act: Live” (Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Capitol Nashville) |
| Clementine and The Galaxy (NYC-based electro-pop duo) |
“Clementine and The Galaxy [MP3]” (six-song EP; Hear here) |
(Clementine and The Galaxy) |
| Neil Davidge and Kazuma Jinnouchi |
“Halo 4: Original Soundtrack, Vol. 2 [MP3]” |
(7Hz Productions, Ltd.) |
| Dawes |
“Stories Don’t End” (producer: Jacquire King; first single: “From a Window Seat”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(HUB) |
| Deadstring Brothers (alt-country band) |
“Cannery Row” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Bloodshot) |
| Deap Vally (L.A. hard rock band) |
“Get Deap [EP]” (producer: Lars Stalfors; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Cherrytree / Communion / Interscope) |
| Device (led by Disturbed’s David Draiman) |
“Device” (producer: Geno Lenardo; guests: Serj Tankian, Tom Morello, Geezer Butler, Glenn Hughes, M. Shadows, Lizzy Hale from Halestorm; first single: “Vilify”; Hear here) |
(Warner) |
| Drowning Pool |
“Resilience” (first single: “One Finger and a Fist”; Deluxe edition; MP3) |
(Eleven Seven Music) |
| Alexander Fairchild (Brooklyn singer-songwriter) |
“Where Do You Go [MP3]” (three-song EP; Hear here; See here) |
(TPC Music) |
| Keaton Henson (British singer) |
“Birthdays” (producer: Joe Chiccarelli; first single: “Sweetheart, What Have You Done to Us”; Hear here; LP + CD; MP3) |
(ANTI- / Epitaph) |
| The House of Love |
“She Paints Words in Red” (their first album since 2005; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Cherry Red) |
| Boney James |
“The Beat” (guests: Raheem DeVaughn, The Floacist, Rick Braun; Hear here; MP3) |
(Concord) |
| The Knife (Swedish brother-sister duo) |
“Shaking the Habitual” (Hear here; Read here; CD/DVD; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Brille / Mute) |
| Lovelorn Dolls (Brussels-based goth metal act) |
“The House of Wonders” (includes a cover of Depeche Mode’s “In Your Room”; producer: Victor Love; Hear here; MP3) |
(Alfa Matrix) |
| Mt. Wolf (London-based ambient electro-pop group) |
“Hypolight [MP3]” (four-song EP; Hear here; See here) |
(Two Sisters, April 8) |
| Must Die! (21-year-old, Atlanta-based producer) |
“Caffeine [MP3]” (six-song EP; Hear here) |
(Firepower) |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark |
“English Electric” (Hear here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3) |
(Bright Antenna) |
| Brad Paisley |
“Wheelhouse” (Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3) |
(Arista Nashville) |
| Palenke Soultribe (Afro-Colombian electronic music pioneers) |
“Mar [MP3]” (first single: “Move It”; Hear here) |
(Soultribe) |
| Paramore |
“Paramore” (producer: Justin Meldal-Johnsen; first single: “Now”; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Fueled By Ramen) |
| Plain White T’s |
“Should’ve Gone to Bed [MP3]” (four-song EP; Hear here) |
(Hollywood) |
| The Proclaimers |
“Like Comedy” (released in Europe in 2012; Hear here; MP3) |
(429) |
| Pyyramids (led by Tim Nordwind of OK Go and Drea Smith of He Say/She Say) |
“Brightest Darkest Day [MP3]” (Hear here) |
(Paracadute) |
| Molly Ringwald |
“Except Sometimes” (covers of jazz standards, plus the Simple Minds’ “Don’t Forget [About Me]”; producer: Peter Smith; Hear here; MP3) |
(Concord) |
| Rival Schools (New York post-hardcore band) |
“Found [MP3]” (Hear here) |
(United By Fate) |
| The Duke Robillard Band |
“Independently Blue” (Hear here; Hear here; MP3) |
(Stony Plain) |
| Todd Rundgren |
“State” (his 24th solo album; Hear here; MP3) |
(Esoteric Antenna / Cherry Red) |
| Silverline (Christian rock group from Minnesota) |
“Lights Out” (first single: “Lights Out”; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Dream / EMI) |
| Smoke Fairies |
“Blood Speaks” (producer: Head; Hear here; See here) |
(Year Seven) |
| Stone Sour |
“House of Gold & Bones Pt. 2” (producer: David Bottrill; first single: “Do Me a Favor”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Roadrunner) |
| Super Lonely (solo project of The Albertans lead singer-guitarist Joel Bravo) |
“Attachments [MP3]” (first single: “Super Lonely”; Hear here) |
(Ernest Jenning Record Co.) |
| Team Spirit (Brooklyn indie band) |
“Team Spirit [MP3]” (five-song EP; producers: Team Spirit; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Vice Music) |
| Twin Tigers |
“Death Wish” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Old Flame) |
| Tyga |
“Hotel California” (producers: David D.A. Doman, DJ Mustard, Mike WiLL Made It, T-Minus, Rico Love; guests: Rick Ross, Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3) |
(Young Money / Ca$h Money / Universal Republic) |
| Various artists |
“Nettwerk Spring Music Sampler 2013 [MP3]” (12 songs; Hear/read here) |
(Nettwerk) |
| Kurt Vile (a founding member of indie rock band The War on Drugs) |
“Wakin On a Pretty Daze” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Matador) |
| Villagers (Irish indie folk band) |
“{Awayland}” (Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Domino) |
| Volbeat |
“Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies” (producers: Rob Caggiano, Jacob Hansen; Caggiano, former Anthrax and The Damned Things guitarist, has officially joined the band; Hear here; MP3) |
(Vertigo / Republic) |
| Blake Whyte (“Mamma Mia!” cast member and “Wicked” alum) |
“More Like Myself [MP3]” (Hear here) |
(Blake Whyte, April 7) |
| Josh Wilson (contemporary Christian musician) |
“Carry Me” (producer: Matt Bronlewee; first single: “Carry Me”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Sparrow) |
| Young Man |
“Beyond Was All Around Me” (producer: Nicolas Vernhes; Hear here; MP3) |
(Frenchkiss) |
